# Aluminium and Electrical equipment

Electrical equipment depends on aluminium.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/aluminium-and-electrical-equipment/

[Aluminium](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/aluminum/) (commodity) and [Electrical equipment](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/electrical_equipment/) (industry): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Aluminium → Electrical equipment*

4 of the enterprise types in Electrical equipment depend on aluminium; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

- **4** enterprise types depend on it
- **4 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Power and distribution transformer makers: distribution windings (criticality 4 of 5)
- Power cable and wire makers: conductors (criticality 4 of 5)
- Copper and aluminium rod, conductor and winding-wire makers: overhead lines and cheaper windings (criticality 3 of 5)
- Substation and transmission EPC contractors: conductors (criticality 3 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.